English 9H Ms. Bugasch

March 24, 2014 Goals

1.Grammar – Predicate nominative; predicate

adjective 2.Romeo and Juliet – Review

Act III

FFWTake out homework: Essays; textbook questions

Begin to fill out Summary Worksheet for Act III

Homework Review

Go over and discuss textbook questions

Linking VerbsA linking verb connects the subject to a word or word group that renames or describes the subject.

Linking Verbs To find out if a verb is an action or linking verb substitute

a form of be in for the verb. If the sentence still makes sense, it is usually a linking verb. If the sentence doesn’t make sense, it is usually an action verb.

Example: The ice cream tastes delicious.

Substitute a form of be: The ice cream is delicious.

Example: She tasted the ice cream.

Substitute a form of be: She is the ice cream.

* {Forms of be and seem are always linking verbs.}

Commonly Used Linking Verbs

Forms of Be:

Other Linking Verbs:

am be being was

are been is were

appear grow seem stay

become look smell taste

feel remain sound turn

Action vs. Linking Verb Examples

Joe plays baseball.

Joe is baseball. (the sentence does not make sense …plays is an action verb )

The roses look pretty.

The roses are pretty. (the sentence makes sense, so it is a linking verb)

When a verb is a linking verb, you can tell because the predicate noun or predicate adjective that follows it renames or describes the subject.

Examples The apple looks rotten.

“Looks” links the subject (apple) to the adjective (rotten): rotten = apple

John is one of the great scientists in our area. “Is” links the subject (John) to the adjective (one):

John = one

The flowers smell good. “Smell” links the subject (flowers) to the adjective

(good): flowers = good

Practice

What are the linking verbs in the following sentences and what do they connect?

The spectacular ocean appears calm today.

The Wright Brothers are famous for inventing the plane.

A predicate nominative is a noun or a pronoun that renames the subject. (The pronouns that can be predicate nominatives are “I, we, you, she, he, it, and they.”)

A predicate adjective is an adjective that describes the subject.

Hint: Remember that a predicate nominative can be made plural, but a predicate adjective cannot.

Predicate Nominative/Adjectiv

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IF your sentence has a LINKING VERB, see if it contains PREDICATE NOMINATIVE or a PREDICATE ADJECTIVE.

Predicate Nominative

A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject of the sentence.

Predicate Adjective

An adjective that follows the linking verb and describes the subject of the sentence.

Example:

The children seemed sad after the movie.

prepositional phrase -after the movie

linking verb- seemed

Subject- children

predicate adjective- sad, because is describes the subject. It cannot be plural.

Practice Predicate Nominative and Predicate Adjective Worksheet (1-5)

Romeo and Juliet

Finish watching Act III

Closure

Are there any differences in the movie from what we read in the play from this Act?

Homework

1.Act III Journals due Thursday

2.Finish Act III summary worksheet

3.Finish predicate/adjective nominative worksheet